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Below is just a small selection of the Drupal events I've been to. In 2013, 2014 & 2015 I've attended more DrupalCamps and DrupalCons than any other person in the UK.

As you can see below I have attended numerous Drupal events and become part of the UK Drupal community. Meeting fellow Drupal'ers up and down the country has helped me get to know the product and the people behind the projects. I would like to think I have become part of the knowledge base as you never have to go beyond a few minutes of chat before you seem to be able to help people with an aspect of their project.

I have thoroughly enjoyed attending as many drupal events as possible and have presented on topics such as using Panels in Drupal.

Drupal's biggest asset is its community. It is not only friendly and enthusiastic, it is also knowledgeable and dedicated. Easy things to say but true.

3 Days DrupalCamp London

1st - 3rd March 2013

DrupalCamp London was a welcomed return to the captial after DrupalCon London back in 2011. It was held at City University and attended by a lot of friendly familar faces. I particulary enjoyed networking with other Drupal professionals and also meeting David Axmark one of the founders of MySQL a product I've being using 8 years.

3 days DrupalCamp Manchester

23rd - 23th November 2012

DrupalCamp Manchester was held at the vast, very shinny and new MediaCityUK a few feet from the BBC building. Thanks to the Drupal North West team for putting on a great weekend. Talks and the Sunday chit-chat discussions where on a range of topics such as: ‘Automating the extraction of GeoLocation from photos and auto uploading’, ‘Launch in 3 Days Rapid Prototyping’ and ‘Rules in Code’, something I've been working with recently.

2 days at Oxford DrupalCamp

22nd & 23rd June 2012

Oxford DrupalCamp was another camp that lived up to its educational billing. Thanks to Finn Lewis and the OXDUG team. I particularly enjoyed listening to Edward Kay on his discussion on Drupal Project Management, Alex Burrows on Building a huge content sharing network using Domain Access with Toyota and Gabriele Sani and his experiences of Managing large projects with a little budget at Oxfam.

2 days at DrupalCamp Scotland

25th & 26th May 2012

2 days 'Drupaling' in Edinburgh was a memorable weekend for all the right reasons. The first day was the business case for Drupal. It was a good reminder on how much can be achieved with Drupal, especially when you compare it against trying to create your own bespoke frameworks. The second day was a more traditional DrupalCamp, there where great session and a particularly good coffee area for chit chat and Drupal networking.

2 days Brighton DrupalCamp

28 & 29 April 2012

Attending the BADcamp at the Skiff in Brighton was great fun and an enjoyable Drupal weekend. A big thanks to Steve Purkiss and his team for putting on a great DrupalCamp. Notable things that spring to mind from Brighton DrupalCamp include Display Suite discussions and various backend usability tricks.

2 days Drupal Science Camp Cambridge

21st & 22nd January 2012

Thanks to Rachel Lawson and Euan Bayliss for putting on a memorable Drupal event. DrupalScienceCamp Cambridge was my first DrupalCamp and a memorable one at that. As well as getting to know a large slice of the Drupal UK community, I also picked up a great deal. I particularly liked the Lullabot talk and their recommendations when using Features in an ever changing development environment.

5 days DrupalCon London

22nd - 26th August 2011

DrupalCon London was my first introduction to the National and International Drupal community. I must admit I got a bit of a buzz from being involved in such a vibrant place and enjoyed every minute of the 5 days. It helped me appreciate what I could and just as importantly, what I could not do with Drupal. Creating well crafted speedy web solutions is all about knowing what to use when, where and how. DrupalCon London allowed me to better instantly design systems in my head i.e. after 8 years of PHP / MySQL development I could pretty much do anything anywhere on the internet. Drupal is a lot more like ‘lego’, solutions naturally end up a 'certain kind of way’ quite easily.

Drupal North East each month

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Attending Drupal North East England is nearly a 100 mile round trip. We meet once a month for about 3 hours. I have presented at Drupal North East on topics such as using Panels in Drupal.